Today, Valentine's Day, is a good time to be thinking about Venus tonight. Step outside shortly after sunset and look to the west for the brightest celestial object in our night sky, Venus. Venus is a spectacle and astronomers report that it is at its brightest.

It's brilliance is tied not just to its closeness but we are getting to see a larger portion of the cloud covered planet.

Fizzy DD, LLC. purchased 75 Skiffs Lane in West Tisbury from Michael A. McCormack and Mary Lee McCormack for $1,750,000 on Jan. 31.

Ramek Hunt purchased 28 Rogers Way in Oak Bluffs from Jaroslav Kral for $1,900,000 on Feb. 7.

Spring gets closer as each day passes, and yet it seems strange to be writing about spring after we received four or five inches of snow. But signs of spring are becoming more frequent.

Celebrity takes many forms.

My favorite thing about snow is its ability to keep me indoors goofing off. As an outdoor worker there is literally nothing to do.

Zoe and Timothy Penicaud, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a son, Levon Everett Penicaud, born on Feb. 11 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Levin weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at birth.

Good news, the heat is back on in the great room of the Chappy Community Center.

When I was a child, Valentine’s Day was always something to look forward to.

Two snowstorms in one week! My turkey friends came along in a flock of 22 after the first snowfall.